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Berlin Hacking Blackmail: Hackers Demand 30 Bitcoin, Mayor Says No

Berlin’s city government is facing a cyber extortion campaign that has already knocked out parts of its digital infrastructure and put officials in a standoff with hackers demanding a hefty bitcoin payout. The Berlin hacking blackmail case, confirmed by Mayor Kai Wegner this week, involves stolen...
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Berlin is under blackmail. A group of hackers managed to break the computer systems of the German capital, subtracting sensitive data in the first half of August, and now asks for a ransom in Bitcoin not to publish them online. The case of computer blackmail in Berlin has already forced the city authorities to close some administrative networks [...]

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OODA Loop broke the news on Monday, August 31, 2026.
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